What is CVE-2024-45438?

CVE-2024-45438 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-45438?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in N/a

CVE-2024-45438

An issue was discovered in TitanHQ SpamTitan Email Security Gateway 8.00.x before 8.00.101 and 8.01.x before 8.01.14. The file quarantine.php within the SpamTitan interface allows unauthenticated users to trigger account-level actions using a crafted GET request. Notably, when a non-existent email address is provided as part of the email parameter, SpamTitan will automatically create a user record and associate quarantine settings with it - all without requiring authentication.

EPSS: 0.006 (43.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45438?: CVE-2024-45438 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-45438?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.